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Providing awareness of both the history and current realities of being of Black and/or African Heritage. (IG: oneheritage_uon)

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🇷🇼The country is known to have beautiful natural scenery.

🇷🇼It is a landlocked country that resides on the equator.

🇷🇼In french the nation is referred to as the land of a thousand hills (le pays des mille collines)

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Today is a very special day as we have not 1, not 2 but THREE independence days to celebrate 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Somalia is celebrating 61 years of independence🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴

Burundi is celebrating 59 years of independence🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮

Rwanda is celebrating 59 years of independence 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼

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🇷🇼Rwandan independence was granted by Belgium with UN oversight.

🇷🇼Rwanda later went on to face brutal civil war that was capitalised by the Rwandan genocide as tensions rose between the Hutus and Tutsis worsened by the lack of UN intervention at the time.

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🇧🇮Burundi and Rwanda share and Independence Day as they separated into independent states.

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🇧🇮Burundi was first colonised by Germany in the 20th century. Following defeat after the First World War this occupation was territory was inherited by Belgium.

🇧🇮Its natural resources include cobalt and copper.

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🇸🇴The country is closely aligned with the Arab world.

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🇸🇴Somalia celebrates independence from both British and Italian colonial rule and has faced an ongoing civil war.

🇸🇴It has also been known as the Somali Republic and as Somaliland.

🇸🇴It was formally a British Protectorate.

🇸🇴Somalians are commonly of Cushitic ancestry.

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🇨🇩Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba are all spoken in the region alongside Kikongo and French.

🇨🇩It is named after the Congo river.

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DRC Independence Day

Wednesday 30th June 2021

Yesterday our Congolese brothers and sisters celebrated 61 years of independence!!

Here are some facts to celebrate:

🇨🇩Okapi is the national animal.

🇨🇩DRC was formerly known as Congo-Léopoldville.

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🇨🇩It’s is the largest country in Sub-Saharan African and the second biggest country in Africa after Algeria.

🇨🇩It is the most populous francophone country in the world and 4th most populous in Africa.

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July will be filled with abundance, good news and joy.

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@SincerelyTops The fact that people will say there is no racial bias in medicine and yet will also say and believe things like this is just ridiculous

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🇬🇾Guyanese Creole is the nation’s vernacular language and its citizens may also speak Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese, Dutch and Guyanes Hindustani.

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Guyana Independence Day

Wednesday 26th May 2021.

This week Guyana celebrated 65 years of independence!! 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

To celebrate in true OH fashion here are some things we learnt about the country and her people.

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🇬🇾Guyana is home to a vast range of modern and indigenous languages we’ve tried to include as many as possible below:
Akawaio, Macushi, Waiwai, Arawak (Lokono), PatMona, Warrau, Carib, Wapishana, Pemon (Arekuba) and Mawayana are the different indigenous languages.

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